Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1187
The current very favorable and active position for Dashun is of course created by the working people with every needle, thread, shuttle, and hammer.It was not made by wise and mighty rulers.

What a good ruler has to do is to conform to the general trend of the times.It is not necessary to figure out the trend of the times, but just to walk randomly and just catch up with the trend of the times.

Fortunately, Dashun has woken up, and is no longer the sleeping empire that pokes and hops, doesn't poke and doesn't hop.

Now Dashun jumped up on his own initiative.

Jump in the front of the people.

A typical example is Du Feng, who thinks that now is the most popular period after the founding of the country, and the era when it is easiest to achieve class leapfrogging, and a group of people who have received practical education and think that they have the opportunity to become loyal The professional officer corps of canine egoism and hungry wolves.

There are also Niu Er who have received practical education, and have practiced in areas with complex religions such as Muslim, Indian, Buddhist, and Christian in Java; presided over the land reform in West Java; studied the village community system in Java; organized slave labor riots; Representing the highest level of "Lifanology" in the new era of Dashun, those in the Bili government who can only read the old scriptures of thousands of years ago do not know how high they are in the border area.

It is said that Niu Er is taller than the group of people in the Li government, mainly because Niu Er has understood a very profound truth over the years: reciting the Thirteen Sutras turns out to be unable to resolve religious conflicts, land conflicts, and cannot recite rice, cotton, and indigo. sugar cane.Moreover, in a place like Nanyang, if you recite scriptures with Ye, Mu, etc., you can't recite them.

This principle is very profound. It should be said that among the million students in Dashun, there are at most 1000 people who can understand these two principles.

Dashun has millions of students, and they are not ready to colonize India. They do not have this ability, because they have not practiced in the messy place of Nanyang.

Another important achievement of Dashun's voyage to Nanyang is the emergence of a group of bureaucrats like Niu Er who have practiced in messy places.

This time they were sent to India to do this, in fact, neither to inspect India's armaments, nor to observe and study the so-called war.

Dashun's Privy Council and the group headed by Liu Yu didn't take these things to heart at all.

It is very simple to fight in India.Calculus is better than tactics.

This time they took the opportunity to congratulate the new Bengal Jiedu envoy and sign the saltpeter trade treaty, mainly to allow him, a person who has performed well in Java practice, to inspect the religion, land, village community, law, and tax system of Bengal. And other issues.

Get ready for Dashun to invade and occupy Bangladesh and implement colonial rule.

Therefore, on the way to lead the team to Calcutta, he did not move fast, and stopped from time to time to talk with the local people and landlords in the village community.

Conducting this kind of social survey is not necessarily to mobilize the people.In fact, in order to truly effectively rule and squeeze the people, this kind of investigation must be done, and even this is the basis of the new era of acting as a vassal.

This is just a tool, the key depends on how to use it.

The team arrived in Calcutta smoothly, and on the way to Ceylon on their boat, Niu Er already had a general idea about some problems in Bangladesh.

He found that in order to rule Bengal, three issues must be paid attention to.

First of all, Muslims, in the process of self-reliance of the Mughal Empire and the Bengal Jiedushi, they were the upper-level but weak rulers.

These upper Muslim elites speak Urdu, not Bengali.

And a large number of low-level Muslims, most of whom are tenants, speak Bengali.

Therefore, if you want to rule effectively here, you must win over the upper Muslim elites, let them maintain their advantages, and don't force them to learn Bengali and get together with the tenants at the bottom.

It is necessary to artificially create a trench between the upper Muslim elite and the lower class common people.

This trench is both language and economic status.

This is a problem that Dashun must pay attention to when ruling Bangladesh.

Otherwise, it is very likely that there will be a religious revival movement similar to Dashun's "Ancient Confucianism School", with the upper elite leading the lower class with their status slipping.

He has seen the religious revival movement similar to the "Ancient Confucianism" of the Muslim religion in Java.It is very dangerous, and has great influence and speed, and it is easy to organize the oppressed people at the bottom to engage in activities such as dividing land, teaching, and purity.

It is necessary to cut off the connection between the elites at the top and those at the bottom, just like how Dashun bought the students, and we must not allow the retro movement to appear.

It is taboo for scholars to participate in the rebellion.This point makes sense in Dashun, and it also makes sense here.

In this regard, Niu Er wrote in his investigation report to the Privy Council based on Java’s experience: “The most important thing is not to let the urban elite and the upper-level elite use sects as a bond, and let their interests be equal to for the benefit of the whole sect."

"To put an end to this, the best way is to let the upper class get enough benefits. When the lower class rebels in the form of sects, they will inevitably stand up and support the suppression, which will greatly divide their sects. "

"And the biggest danger is that the interests of the upper-level Muslims will be violated. This will make them change their minds and turn the problem into 'this is the entire sect is being oppressed'. This is extremely detrimental to the rule of the Celestial Dynasty. Because Like scholars and students, they can make a sound."

The second question is that Niu Er believes that Hindus were ruled during the previous Mughal Empire.

They don't mind a change of owner.

Therefore, they actually have no ability to resist for the time being, and their caste system makes them less willing to rebel.

Those who are unwilling to rebel cannot live out the value of preferential treatment.

But it should be noted that Hindu businessmen have a better relationship with the British.Because after Niu Er's investigation, he found that in the Bengal area, Dashun's trade products may not be sold here for the time being.

He knew about Liu Yu's reforms in Songsu, especially in northern Jiangsu, so here he raised a problem that must be solved.

"Near Calcutta, a large number of Indian merchants were very close to the British East India Company. They were partners of the British East India Company."

"Through the protection of the East India Company and the customs rights that the East India Company obtained from the Great Khan of India, they helped the British acquire silk and cotton cloth here."

"This is not good for us. Obviously, they won't like us either. Because the Celestial Dynasty doesn't need the silk and cotton here, and they also hope to sell silk and cotton here."

"I think that if you want to rule here, you have to organize a massacre."

"Since the Bengal Jiedushi is in our hands, and his failure is largely due to some Indian businessmen who have better relationships with British companies."

"Then, before we come here, the English must let their wealth continue to grow in return."

"If the Celestial Dynasty chooses to occupy this place, they are worthless."

"The Celestial Empire doesn't need their acquisition channels, because the Celestial Empire doesn't need the cotton and silk here."

"Similarly, because China does not need the cotton and silk here, and will not choose to import them, then they must oppose China, and they will definitely not be of one mind with China. They miss the British even more."

"In the future, we will escort Siraj to restore us. For those who are worthless, who are bound to oppose us, and who have a lot of wealth, we should all arrest them and turn all their property into officials."

"There is no need for the Celestial Dynasty to do this. After the restoration, someone will do it."

"Anyway, the British buy stuff, we sell stuff. It's different."

"Just like Xingguo Gong's salt administration reform, what we need are those salt dealers who have sales channels, and even private salt dealers can be amnesty; but for those merchants who hoard salt, in fact, there is no value in existence. Since If the imperial court can destroy the prosperity of Yangzhou, then I think the merchants here can do the same as those salt merchants."

"Similarly, the various problems encountered by the imperial court in Songsu's reform can be used as experience here."

"The symbol of Duke Xingguo's successful reform in Songsu is the destruction of Yangzhou's prosperity."

"And the symbol of our successful rule in Bangladesh must be the destruction of Dhaka and Murshidabad. Because of Dhaka and Murshidabad, there are a lot of weaving for a living, or around weaving. people who live."

"Just like the decline of the salt industry in Yangzhou, since the Chinese government will not import the cotton cloth here, it must be done well in advance. Cities like Dhaka and Murshidabad have the same problems as Yangzhou - the population has changed from 10,000 +, hundreds of thousands, attenuated to [-] to [-]."

This question is true.

A city like Murshidabad is described by the British as "as big as London, densely populated and rich".

Every year, the cotton cloth exported to Europe from Murshidabad and Dhaka is more than 400 million rupees.

400 million rupees, is a complete set of export-oriented industrial chain.

Now Dashun is completely different from the British East India Company, and it is impossible to choose to buy goods from here.

If you are going to be lucky, you think your parents have too much inheritance, and you don't know how to prodigal.

Shipping to Europe... Dashun has worked so hard to grab the European market. As long as Liu Yu is not dead, it is absolutely impossible for merchants to ship goods from India and promote the germination of capitalism in India.Those who dare to transport Indian cotton cloth to Europe instead of Songjiang cloth, Liu Yu will show them what is called a violent iron fist.

Well, this is somewhat similar to the Yangzhou problem.

The industrial chain has been transferred or abolished, and the population of hundreds of thousands or 10,000+ may lose their jobs in a short period of time.

This is not a question of the bankruptcy of the small farmers' economy, but the industry of about 400 million rupees is an export-oriented economy.As long as they can't sell, they will definitely lose their jobs.

What about this group of people?
Although Niu Er has rich experience in Java, he still doesn't know India, or doesn't know India very well.

As for the Yangzhou problem, something really happened in Dashun.

The uprising involving tens of thousands of people was suppressed by Liu Yu with cruel means.

Niu Er took it for granted that, taking history as a mirror, Yangzhou reforms led to uprisings of tens of thousands of people, so Dhaka, Murshidabad and other places should also have a large-scale uprising, right?

Dashun reformed, but really felt several waves of uprisings.Yangzhou, Huai'an, northern Jiangsu, and even Lingnan have all been affected.

These are all experiences, and Niu Er felt that it is best to be prepared for this possible uprising.

And, in his opinion, this uprising will definitely be the same as Yangzhou, with immediate results.Because the reform of the salt administration has caused a large number of people in Yangzhou to lose their jobs, and as long as Dashun occupies Bangladesh and cuts off exports, there will be an uprising immediately.

Therefore, on the third point, he mentioned India's land system.He mainly obtained experience from the Songsu reform in Dashun, thinking that it is best to cooperate with the land reform, and not let the weavers revolt and cooperate with the tenant farmers.

(End of this chapter)